obj client.Object,
	patch client.Patch,
	opts ...client.PatchOption,
) error {
	// Apply patches are supposed to upsert, but fake client fails if the object doesn't exist,
	// if an apply patch occurs for an object that doesn't yet exist, create it.
	if patch.Type() != types.ApplyPatchType {
		return clnt.Patch(ctx, obj, patch, opts...)
	}
	check, ok := obj.DeepCopyObject().(client.Object)
	if !ok {

				if !strings.Contains(output, noClusterID) {
					t.Fatal(err)
				}
			}

			checkFiles := map[string]bool{
				// inputs that we allow to exist, if other files seep in unexpectedly we fail the test
				".gitignore": false, "meshconfig.yaml": false, "workloadgroup.yaml": false,
			}
			for k, v := range generated {
				checkFiles[k] = v
			}

	}

	return client, nil
}

// createHostsideProbeIpset creates an ipset. This is designed to be called from the host netns.
// Note that if the ipset already exist by name, Create will not return an error.
//
// We will unconditionally flush our set before use here, so it shouldn't matter.
func createHostsideProbeIpset(isV6 bool) (ipset.IPSet, error) {
	linDeps := ipset.RealNlDeps()

		if len(wh.Webhooks) != tc.numWebhooks {
			t.Errorf("expected %d webhook(s) in MutatingWebhookConfiguration, found %d",
				tc.numWebhooks, len(wh.Webhooks))
		}
		tag, exists := wh.ObjectMeta.Labels[IstioTagLabel]
		if !exists {
			t.Errorf("expected tag webhook to have %s label, did not find", IstioTagLabel)
		}
		if tag != tc.tagName {

		}
	}

	if len(in.kubeconfigFilepath) > 0 && file.Exists(in.kubeconfigFilepath) {
		installLog.Infof("Removing Istio CNI kubeconfig file: %s", in.kubeconfigFilepath)
		if err := os.Remove(in.kubeconfigFilepath); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	for _, targetDir := range in.cfg.CNIBinTargetDirs {
		if istioCNIBin := filepath.Join(targetDir, "istio-cni"); file.Exists(istioCNIBin) {

			// for the pod. If this is a pod added via informer, the pod should have already gone thru
			// the CNI plugin chain, and have a PodIP.
			//
			// If PodIPs exists, it is preferred, otherwise fallback to PodIP.
			//
			// If we get to this point and have a pod that really and truly has no IP in either of those,

	})
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return len(mwhs.Items) > 0
}

// DeactivateIstioInjectionWebhook deactivates the istio-injection webhook from the given MutatingWebhookConfiguration if exists.
// used rather than just deleting the webhook since we want to keep it around after changing the default so user can later

		}
		installLog.Infof("wrote kubeconfig file %s with: \n%+v", kubeconfigFilepath, kc.Redacted)
	}
	return nil
}

// checkExistingKubeConfigFile returns an error if no kubeconfig exists at the configured path,
// or if a kubeconfig exists there, but differs from the current config.
// In any case, an error indicates the file must be (re)written, and no error means no action need be taken

		// Anything other than "file not found" is an error.
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to remove unix://%s: %v", path, err)
	}

	// Attempt to create the folder in case it doesn't exist
	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o750); err != nil {
		// If we cannot create it, just warn here - we will fail later if there is a real error
		log.Warnf("Failed to create directory for %v: %v", path, err)
	}

	for k, v := range installTree {
		componentName := string(k)
		// In cases (like gateways) where multiple instances can exist, concatenate the manifests and apply as one.
		ym := strings.Join(manifests[k], helm.YAMLSeparator)
		l.LogAndPrintf("Rendering: %s", componentName)
		dirName := filepath.Join(outputDir, componentName)
		if !dryRun {